Lieutenant-General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on the ...

Alexander Donald Meinzinger is a former Commander of the

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and Chief of the Air Staff.

Career

Meinzinger joined the Canadian Forces in 1985 through the Regular Officer Training Plan where he received a Bachelor of Arts

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in Economics and Commerce from the

Royal Military College of Canada '') , established = 1876 , type = Military academy , chancellor = Anita Anand ('' la, ex officio, label=none'' as Defence Minister) , principal = Harry Kowal , head_label ...

. After serving as commander of 403 (Helicopter) Operational Training Squadron, he was deployed to

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as commander of Canada's Joint Task Force Afghanistan Air Wing in 2011. He went on to be Deputy Director of Strategy, Policy and Plans at

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in June 2012, commandant of the

in July 2013 and Deputy Commander of the

in May 2015. After that he became Director of Staff, Strategic Joint Staff in March 2017 and

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in May 2018. Meinzinger retired from the Canadian Armed Forces in August 2022.

Military awards

External links

Royal Canadian Air Force - Lieutenant-General A.D. Meinzinger, CMM, MSM, CD

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Meinzinger, Al Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Royal Canadian Air Force generals Commanders of the Order of Military Merit (Canada)